I think I'm running out of steam! I'm finding it very difficult now to find topics of conversation and things to do when I visit Mum in her Nursing Home. She took a long time to settle, but now everything seems to be running smoothly and we've sorted out financial issues such as the Registered Nursing Care Allowance and found suitable long term tennants for her house.
At first, after Mum broke her hip, I felt very angry with the lack of pastoral care at the Hospital and the low levels of awareness about dementia from the staff. I even wrote letters to my MP to complain and make suggestions for improvements.
It all seems a long time ago, more than a year in fact, and I think the Nursing Home are doing everything they can to help Mum. We are satisfied with the levels of care given to her.
I feel powerless to do anything else to help Mum. Sometimes I really have no idea what she is talkling about, although at other times she can hold a perfectly reasonable conversation. I play Dominoes with her, but now she doesn't always seem to understand what she is doing. She is always pleased to see me and I think she knows who I am, although sometimes I'm not so sure.
It makes me feel so sad when she is obviously in pain with her rheumatoid arthritis, but she doesn't grumble and she always seems to smile when the nurses and carers come into her room. She enjoys receiving pot plants, flowers and fruit and we can talk about them. It is good for her to have a friend in the Nursing Home and they enjoy each other's company.
Perhaps things will be easier when we can go into the garden and look at all the flowers. I've not taken the dogs for a visit recently, because they take such a long time to dry after their walks. I wish I had somebody else to share visiting with and then Mum would have more social contacts.
Kayla
At first, after Mum broke her hip, I felt very angry with the lack of pastoral care at the Hospital and the low levels of awareness about dementia from the staff. I even wrote letters to my MP to complain and make suggestions for improvements.
It all seems a long time ago, more than a year in fact, and I think the Nursing Home are doing everything they can to help Mum. We are satisfied with the levels of care given to her.
I feel powerless to do anything else to help Mum. Sometimes I really have no idea what she is talkling about, although at other times she can hold a perfectly reasonable conversation. I play Dominoes with her, but now she doesn't always seem to understand what she is doing. She is always pleased to see me and I think she knows who I am, although sometimes I'm not so sure.
It makes me feel so sad when she is obviously in pain with her rheumatoid arthritis, but she doesn't grumble and she always seems to smile when the nurses and carers come into her room. She enjoys receiving pot plants, flowers and fruit and we can talk about them. It is good for her to have a friend in the Nursing Home and they enjoy each other's company.
Perhaps things will be easier when we can go into the garden and look at all the flowers. I've not taken the dogs for a visit recently, because they take such a long time to dry after their walks. I wish I had somebody else to share visiting with and then Mum would have more social contacts.
Kayla